Sons and Daughters 

Helping the Innocent

How We Can Make a Difference?

Please Share How YOU can Make a Difference?

Discrimination or racism is a big problem in our world. Racism takes place in school, work places, and politics. Many organizations around the world have joined in the fight against racism. Even though the U.S. does not have not have as many controversies over racism as other countries might have, we are not immune to this horrible injustice.	A convention to make people aware of racism...
The religious leaders coming together to talk about racism...	Here in Hawaii, we are fortunate not to have the extent of racism that other parts of the United States has. We live in a state that is a cultural melting pot. We have many Polynesian, Samoan, Tongan, as well as Asian, Japanese, Chinese and Vietnamese people. Our schools, workplaces, communities and families are a blend of all cultures. That is not the case with other parts of the United States.

In the South for example, you can go into communities where it is predominately black. This is true with the Caucasian race as well. People segregate themselves just because of their color. There is very little tolerance of different races. They look first at other people's differences, instead of what they have in common.

There are many ways for me to prevent racism. For example, in school I can help someone if they were hurt, instead of ignoring them, because they look different. Even if they look different on the outside, it doesn't mean they're different on the inside. Or if a group were teasing someone because of how they talk or what they believe, it doesn't mean you have to join.

Another place where you can try to prevent racism, is in the workplace. Even today people are overlooked for jobs or promotions because of their race or gender. Even though this is against the law, it still occurs in many business organizations. People should be judged on their performance, intelligence and how they get along with others.

I feel that the only way that racism can be elliminated is to start with ourselves. It begins at home with our parents and our families. We are not born with prejudice, it is something that is taught. From there, it goes to our schools. We should try to be more understanding of our classmates and even our teachers. It doesn't matter what race or color we are, or even the language we speak. What matters is what we have in common. People should be judged on what is in the inside, not what is on the outside. It starts with me.